Thursday, April 29, 2010

News 4-29-10

MANHATTAN IS UNDER A WIND ADVISERY UNTIL 7:00 THIS EVENING. OTHER AREA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISERY BESIDES RILEY ARE POTTAWATOMIE AND GEARY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OUT OF TOPEKA SAYS TO EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS TO OCCUR IN THE SUNRISE TO MID MORNING HOURS AND AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THEY SAY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES PER HOUR WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON EAST TO WEST ROADS DIFFICULT.


THE TOPEKA ZOO HAS HIRED A NEW STAFF MEMBER IN HOPES OF IMPROVEMENTS. THE ZOO HIRED FORMER CURATOR OF THE KANSAS CITY ZOO BRENDAN WILEY TO BE THEIR NEW DIRECTOR. WILEY SAYS HE PLANS ON MOVING THE ZOO AWAY FROM RECENT TROUBLES TO BECOME A TOP RANKED ZOO. WILEY HAS WORKED AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO FOR 11 YEARS AND HAS BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A MERRIAM ANIMAL SHELTER SINCE 2005. WILEY WILL BEGIN WORKING AS DIRECTOR MAY 24TH.


A WOMAN IN WICHITA HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR BEING THE SUSPECT IN NINE SCHOOL BOMB THREATS. THE 27-YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER THE LAST THREAT AT PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE FEMALE CALLER SAID THERE WAS A BOMB SET TO GO OFF IN THE SCHOOL BUT NO EVACUATION WAS MADE AND NO BOMB WAS FOUND. WHILE THE MOTIVE IS UNCLEAR, POLICE SAY THEY’RE NOT SURE IF THE WOMAN HAS A CHILD AT THE SCHOOL


A SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SETTING A POST OFFICE ON FIRE. JON BETH…WHO’S FROM STARK HAS ADMITTED TO BURNING THE BUILDING BEING USED BY THE POST OFFICE TO COVER UP THE CRIME AFTER BURGLARIZING IT. BETH HAS ALSO BEEN ORDERED TO PAY $17,000 IN RESTITUTION.


TIME IS TURNING INTO AN ISSUE FOR CREWS WHO’RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE COAST GUARD SAYS THE OIL IS LEAKING ABOUT FIVE-THOUSAND GALLONS A DAY WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY LEAKING ONE-THOUSAND GALLONS. LOUISIANA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THERE’S A “HIGH PROBABILITY” THAT OIL COULD REACH SENSITIVE HABITATS AND FISHERIES ALONG THE COAST BY TOMORROW NIGHT.


THE UNITED STATES WILL BE GETTING A BRONZE MEDAL TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION FROM THE SYDNEY OLYMPICS. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS ORDERED CHINA TO RETURN THEIR TEAM MEDAL FOR GYMNASTICS BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE OF DONG FANGZIOS ONLY BEING 14 AT THE TIME. HOWEVER THE CHINESE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION IS SAYING THERE IS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE TO PROVE HER AGE WAS A PROBLEM AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FILE A CHALLENGE. GYMNASTS MUST TURN 16 DURING THE OLYMPIC YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE.


THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK UP FOR BRET MICHAELS. A STATEMENT ON HIS WEBSITE IS SAYING HIS TOUR COULD RESUME IN MAY. MICHAELS WAS HOSPITALIZED LAST WEEK WITH A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. DOCTORS SAY THAT THE POISON FRONTMAN IS LUCKY BECAUSE HIS CONDITION COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. RIGHT NOW MICHAELS IS SUFFERING SLURRED SPEECH AND BLURRED VISION AND HIS FULL RECOVERY COULD BE MONTSH AWAY.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

News 4-28-10

DID YOU LOSE SOMETHING? RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. RCPD HAS BEGUN POSTING FOUND PROPERTY ON THEIR WEBSITE WWW.RILEYCOUNTYPOLICE.ORG. RCPD SAYS THIS WILL HELP DETERMINE IF YOUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN LOCATED. YOU WILL HAVE TO SHOW SOME PROOF OF OWNERSHIP BEFORE THE ITEM IS RELEASED. THE ITEM WILL BE HELD FOR 60 DAYS AND THEN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE CLAIMED AFTER THAT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL THE RCPD EVIDENCE / PROPERTY SECTION AT 785-537-2112 EXTENSION 3076.


WICHITA POLICE GOT AN INTERESTING CALL YESTERDAY. AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD MAN WAS BEARING IT ALL AT A LOCAL APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS TEEN WAS NOT ONLY THAT HE WAS IN HIS BIRTHDAY SUIT BUT THAT HE WAS HIGH ON PILLS, COUGH SYRUP AND POT AND HE WAS ALSO BANGING ON APARTMENT WINDOWS. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED AT THE COMPLEX THE MAN REFUSED TO GET ON THE GROUND SO THE POLICE TASED THE NAKED MAN. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AFTER WE WAS SUBDUED.


A GARDEN CITY MAN WHO’S ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS SISTER HAS BEEN ORDERED TO UNDERGO A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION BEFORE HE ENTERS HIS PLEA. 53-YEAR OLD LUIS MONTOYA IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE STABBING DEATH OF HIS SISTER MARIA MONTOYA. MONTOYA’S EVALUATION WILL BE DONE AT LARNED STATE HOSPITAL AND HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH 24TH.


SOME OF THE OIL REMANING FROM THE RIG EXPLOSION IN LOUSIANA WILL BEGIN BEING BURNED BY AUTHORITIES THIS MORNING. PETTY OFFICER PRENTICE DANNER SAYS FIRE RESISTANT CONTAINMENT BOOMS WILL BE USED TO CORRAL THE OIL THAT IS REMAINING ON THE SURFACE. ONCE THE OIL IS WITHIN THE BOOMS IT WILL BE SET ON FIRE. THIS OIL SLICK IS THE RESULT OF OIL LEAKING FROM THE SITE OF LAST WEEK’S HUGE EXPLOSION OF A DEEP WATER OIL RIG THAT BURNED AND SANK. OIL CONTINUES TO SPILL UNDERSEA, WHERE ROBOT SUBMARINES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CAP THE WELL.


SANDRA BULLOCK HAS HAD SOME UPS AND DOWNS THIS YEAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SOME MORE. BULLOCK HAS FILED FOR DIVORCED FROM HUSBAND JESSE JAMES AFTER AN AFFAIR SCANDAL. NOW SHE HAS A LITTLE BABY. SANDY IS THE PROUD MOTHER OF THREE AND A HALF MONTH OLD SON LOUIS BARDO BULLOCK. JAMES AND BULLOCK BEGAN THE ADOPTION PROCESS FOUR YEARS AGO AND BROUGHT LITTLE LOUIS HOME IN JANUARY BUT PLANNED TO KEEP THE NEWS TO THEMSELVES UNTIL AFTER THE OSCARS. BULLOCK SAYS SHE’S NOW FINALIZING THE ADOPTION AS A SIGNLE PARENT.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

News 4-27-10

MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE GATHERED FOR THE FORMER K-STATE QUARTERBACK’S FUNERAL YESTERDAY. BILL SNYDER SPOKE ABOUT DYLAN MEIER AND HIS ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT SAYING HE HAD A ZEST FOR LIFE AND WAS ALSO A TOUGH ATHLETE AND TEAM LEADER. MEIER PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK DURING A HIKING ACCIDENT IN ARKANSAS WHERE HE FELL AT WHITAKER POINT.


TALKS OF BANNING TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IN MANHATTAN HAVE BEEN AROUND BUT NOW IT’S ON A STATE LEVEL. STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AND TRIPLE A WILL BE HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AT THE STATEHOUSE TO DISCUSS THE DANGERS OF TEXTING AND DRIVING. LEGISLATORS ARE CONSIDERING A BILL TO BAN THE PRACTICE AND THE SENATE HAS APPROVED TWO BILLS MAKING IT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND VIOLATORS WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE. THEY ARE MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR TEXTING ABOUT AN EMERGENCY OR CRIME.


A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A NORTHEAST KANSAS FARMER IS GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. DALE KINGSBURY GAVE ADAM HOOPER A PLACE TO STAY AND TO WORK AS A FARMHAND. KINGSBURY WENT MISSING AUGUST 8TH AND WAS FOUND LATER THAT DAY IN A CISTERN ON HIS PROPERTY. HOOPER TOLD DETECTIVES HE WAS OVERWORKED AND HE HAD BEATEN KINGSBURY MORE THAN 100 TIMES. SENTENCING WILL BE JUNE 8TH.


A MEDICAL CLINIC IN GUATEMALA WILL BE GETTING HELP THANKS TO ONE NORTHEAST KANSAS UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS AT MID-AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY WILL BE PRESENTING A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK TODAY TO HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL. THE ORGANIZATION IS PLANNING THE CLINIC TO BE ON LAKE ATITLAN WHERE THEY LACK A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL.


THE GOODWILL IN PENNSYLVANIA GOT ONE GEM OF A DONATION. A RETIRED JEWELER WAS SORTING THROUGH DONATIONS AND FOUND A 2.6 CARAT DIAMOND AND PLATINUM RING APPRAISED AT $17,600. THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM EVER DONATED TO GOODWILL INDUSTRIES KEYSTONE AREA. GOODWILL OFFICIALS AREN’T SURE WHY THE RING WAS DONATED AND NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD TO TAKE CREDIT.


HUGH HEFNER SAVES THE DAY IN HOLLYWOOD. THE PLAYBOY FOUNDER DONATED $900-THOUSAND TO PRESERVE THE LAND WHERE THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN IS. DEVELOPERS HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THE LAND TO BUILD MANSIONS BUT GAVE A LAND CONSERVATION GROUP A CHANCE TO RAISE $12.5 MILLION FOR IT. HEF SAYS HE KNEW THEY WERE RAISING MONEY TO SAVE THE SIGN BUT DIDN’T FIND OUT UNTIL LAST WEEK THAT THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. BACK IN 1979 HEF DONATED TO RESTORE THE SIGN AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT.

Monday, April 26, 2010

News 4-26-10

THE FUNERAL FOR FORMER K-STATE QUARTERBACK DYLAN MEIER HAS BEEN SET. THE SERVICES WILL BE THIS MORNING AT 10 AM AT THE PITTSBURG MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM. THE MEIER FAMILY IS ASKING MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE SENT TO EITHER THE KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL PROGRAM, PITTSBURG YMCA, OR PITTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK CLUB. ALL DONATIONS CAN BE MADE THROUGH THE BRENNER FUNERAL HOME IN PITTSBURG KANSAS. MEIER DIED LAST WEEK IN A HIKING ACCIDENT IN ARKANSAS.


THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE KANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CHOSEN. COLONEL BRAD LINK WILL BE SUCCSEEDING BRIGADE GENERAL ED FLORA WHO IS RETIRING. THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IN TOPEKA WITH A RECEPTION FOR FLORA’S RETIREMENT AFTERWARDS. LINK BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE 1980S AND HAS FLOWN VARIOUS AIRCRAFT INCLUDING B-52 AND B-1 BOMBERS AND KC-135 REFUELING TANKERS.


THE SON OF TOPEKA’S CONTRAVERSIAL PASTOR FRED PHELPS SPOKE OVER THE WEEKEND. NATE PHELPS MADE HIS FIRST RETURN TO TOPEKA IN 20 YEARS AND ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THE MEMBERS OF HIS FATHER’S CHURCH. HE SAID ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN WHO ARE “STUCK IN THAT SITUATION.” THE CAPITAL JOURNAL SAYS NO ONE FROM WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH PICKETED NATE’S TALK.


FEMA WILL TAKE A LOOK TODAY AT THIS WEEKENDS TORNADO AND STORM DAMAGE IN THE SOUTH. THEY WILL CONCENTRATE IN MISSISSIPPI WHERE 10 TO 12 FATALATIES OCCURRED. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PRESIDENT POSSIBLY DECLARING A DISASTER. MISSISSIPPI’S GOVENOR SAYS THE TORNADO WENT THROUGH 16 COUNTIES WITH WINDS OF 160 MILES PER HOUR AND A DESTRUCTION PATH OF AT LEAST 50 MILES.


A 16-YEAR OLD CALIFORNIA GIRL WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO SAIL SOLO AROUND THE WORLD HAS ENDED HER QUEST. ABBY SUNDERLAND WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO MAKE THE TRIP NON STOP WILL BE STOPPING IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR BOAT REPAIRS. SUNDERLAND BLOGGED SATURDAY THAT IT WOULD BE “FOOLISH AND IRRESPONSIBLE” TO KEEP GOING AFTER HER LOSING HER BOAT’S MAIN AUTOPILOT. SHE PLANS TO CONTINUE THE VOYAGE EVEN THOUGH HER NONSTOP ATTEMPT IS OVER.


BRET MICHAELS REMAINS IN INTENSIVE CARE AFTER SUFFERING A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. FURTHER TESTING IS SCHEDULED TO HELP LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE BLEEDING. THE 47-YEAR OLD ROCKER’S WEBSITE SAYS A REPORT FROM DOCTORS IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK AND ADDS “PLEASE REMEMBER BRET IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A FIGHTER AND SURVIVOR AND IS UNDER THE BEST MEDICAL CARE POSSIBLE.” THE HOSPITAL MICHAELS IS IN HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.


THE ANIMATED FLICK HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON RE-GAINED THE TOP SPOT IN THE BOX OFFICE AFTER BEING RELEASED FOR A MONTH. J-LO’S “THE BACK UP PLAN” WAS A NO-GO OPENING IN SECOND FOLLOWED BY DATE NIGHT AND THE NEW RELEASE THE LOSERS.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

News 4-20-10

FORMER K-STATE QUARTERBACK IS DEAD AFTER A HIKING ACCIDENT. DETAILS AREN’T AVAILABLE BUT 26-YEAR OLD DYLAN MEIER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES DURING A FAMILY HIKING TRIP IN ARKANSAS. THE PITTSBURG NATIVE PLAYED FOR THE WILDCATS FROM 2002 THROUGH 2006 WHERE HE APPEARED IN 35 GAMES. MEIER GRADUATED WITH A BUSINESS FINANCE DEGREE AND PLAYED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL IN EUROPE. WE’LL BRING YOU MORE DETAILS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.


AN EMPORIA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN A FATAL SHOOTING LAST SEPTEMBER. 21-YEAR OLD SAMUEL LLAMAS HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER CHARGE AND AIDING IN A SHOOTING INTO AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AFTER ONLY FOUR HOURS OF DELIBERATION. WITNESSES DESCRIBED ANOTHER MAN, MIKE NAVARRO, AS THE SHOOTER BUT MOVED TO MEXICO AND HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE. THE PROSECUTOR SAYS LLAMAS WAS WITH NAVARRO WHEN HE SHOT OMAR FLORES AT LEAST TEN TIMES BECAUSE HE WOULDN’T PAY FOR A BAD BATCH OF METHAMPHETAMINE.


THE TWO MEN WE TOLD YOU ABOUT IN JANUARY WITH COCAIN IN THEIR AIRPLANE HAVE BEEN SENT TO PRISON. 40- YEAR OLD DEAN MOYA AND 31-YEAR OLD RICHARD VICKERY, BOTH OF HEMET CALIFORNIA, WERE SENTENCED YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN WICHITA. MOYA WAS GIVEN FIVE YEARS AND VICKERY SIX. THE TWO PLEADED GUILTY EARLIER THIS YEAR TO AIDING AND ABETTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE AFTER A DRUG DOG DETECTED COCAINE WHEN THEY LANDED AT LIBERAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.


SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY HAS LANDED BACK ON EARTH. IT WAS DELAYED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER BUT THE SPACE CRAFT AND SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE BACK ON THE GROUND. DISCOVERY HAD BEEN ON A 6-MILLION MILE JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND ALSO HAD A RARE FLYOVER OF THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND FLYING OVER STATES INCLUDING KANSAS.


THE CENSUS HAS FOUND WOMEN ARE NOW JUST AS LIKELY TO HAVE FINISHED COLLEGE AS MEN AS LONG WITH BEING EQUAL IN EARNING ADVANCED DEGREES. THEIR NUMBERS SHOW 29-PERCENT OF ALL WOMEN IN THE U-S HAVE EARNED AT LEAST A BACHELOR’S DEGREE COMPARED TO 30-PERCENT OF MEN. THEY ARE ALSO 50-50 IN HAVING MASTER’S…PROFESSIONAL DEGREES…OR DOCTORATES. AT THE CURRENT TRENDS WOMEN COULD SURPASS MEN IN TOTAL ADVANCED DEGREES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BEHIND IN BUSINESS…SCIENCE…AND ENGINEERING.


ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN SANDRA BULLOCK’S LIFE LATELY, SHE’S NOW BEING ASKED TO GIVE BACK HER RAZZIE AWARD FOR WORST ACTRESS. DON’T WORRY THOUGH – SHE ISN’T GETTING HER TITLE TAKEN, THEY JUST WANT TO SWAP TROPHIES. RAZZIE FOUNDER JOHN WILSON SAYS BULLOCK WAS GIVEN THE ORIGINAL RAZZIE BY MISTAKE AND WANTS TO GIVE HER A REPLICA. WILSON SAYS HE WAITED TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING HAPPENING AND ADDS “I HARDLY THINK THE RAZZIE AWARDS SHOULD BE ANY KIND OF PRIORITY IN HER LIFE RIGHT NOW.”

Monday, April 19, 2010

News 4-19-10

A BOURBON COUNTY COAL MINE HAS BEEN SITED ON A LIST TO BE UNSAFE. A CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN RELEASED A LIST OF 48 MINES WEDNESDAY THAT ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. THE MINE OWNED BY PHOENIX MINING HAS BEEN CITED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 162 TIMES SINCE MARCH 2008. THE PHOENIX MINING OWNER SAYS MANY OF THE CITATIONS ARE UNFAIR AND IS CHALLENGING SEVERAL OF THEM.


HUGE TURKEY VULTURES IN HUTCHINSON ARE FREAKING OUT SOME RESIDENTS. JIM SUNDERLAND, WHO LIVES BY THE KANSAS STATE FAIRGROUNDS WHERE THE BIRDS HAVE BEEN ROOSTING AT NIGHT, SAYS IT LOOKES LIKE A SCENE FROM HARRY POTTER. THE CITY HAS USED NOISE MAKERS TO TRY TO KEEP THE BIRDS AWAY BUT OFFICIALS SAY THEY SHOULDN’T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS.


TWO BABY PENGUINS WILL BE MAKING THEIR DEBUT AT THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO TODAY. CHICK ONE AND CHICK TWO ARE THE FIRST HUMBOLDT PENGUINS THAT WERE BORN AT THE ZOO. THERE ARE 14 OTHER ADULT PENGUINS AT THE ZOO AND THERE’S A CHANCE FOR TWO MORE TO HATCH IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THEY WERE BORN IN LATE MARCH.


MOST AIRPORTS IN EUROPE ARE CLOSED FOR A FIFTH DAY DUE TO THE CLOUD OF ASH RISING FROM A VOLCANO IN ICELAND. ALL THE AIRPORTS IN SPAIN ARE OPEN AND OFFERING TO BECOME A HUB TO GET PASSENGERS MOVING. BRITIAN IS SENDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS TO GET STRANDED BRITONS AND WILL DEPOLY A THIRD SHIP. SOME AIRLINES HAVE TESTED FLIGHTS WITHOUT PASSENGERS BUT A WESTERN DIPLOMAT SAYS SEVERAL NATO F-16 FIGHTERS SUFFERED ENGINE DAMAGE AFTER FLYING THROUGH THE ASH.


WHILE EUROPEAN PLANES ARE STAYING GROUDNED, SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WILL STAY IN ORBIT AN EXTRA DAY BECAUSE OF CLOUDY WEATHER. THEY HAD A CHANCE THIS MORNING WHERE THE SKY CLEARED BUT MISSION CONTROL DID NOT WANT TO RISK ANYTHING. IF THE CLOUDS STICK AROUND FOR TOMORROW AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, THEY WILL TRY TO LAND AT THEIR BACK UP SITE IN CALIFORNIA. DISCOVERY AND ITS SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE COMING BACK AFTER A TWO WEEK MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.


HUNDRENDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER TODAY AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN THE BOMBING. TODAY MARKS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK THAT KILLED 168 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAT 600 MORE. THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO WILL SPEAK AT THE CEREMONY THAT BEGINS JUST BEFORE 9:02 AM, THE TIME THE BOMB WAS DETONATED. THEY WILL ALSO REMEMBER THE 168 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED WITH 168 SECONDS OF SILENCE.


LAST NIGHT COUNTRY MUSIC BROUGHT THEIR RHINESTONES FROM NASHVILLE TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. LADY ANTEBELLUM WERE BIG WINNERS TAKING HOME THREE AWARDS, MIRANDA LAMBERT HAD A BIG NIGHT GETTING ALBUM OF THE YEAR, VIDEO OF THE YEAR, AND TOP FEMALE VOCALIST, BRAD PAISLEY IS THE TOP MALE VOCALIST, AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE TO WIN ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR TWICE. ALONG WITH WINNING THEIR FINAL TOP DUO OF THE YEAR, BROOKS AND DUNN GAVE THEIR FINAL ACM PERFOMANCE. THEY WILL BE AIRING A FAREWELL SHOW THAT WILL AIR MAY 23RD OF CBS.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

News 4-15-10

TODAY’S APRIL 15TH, THAT MEANS TAXES ARE DUE TODAY.


AS WE REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK THE AXTELL AND SABETHA SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE CONSOLIDATION. THIS THE KANSAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION GAVE THIS THE OK YESTERDAY AT THEIR MEETING. RESIDENTS WILL NOW VOTE IN MAY ON THE CONSOLIDATION. THIS IDEA CAME UP SINCE ENROLLMENT WAS DECLINING ALONG WITH A DECLINE IN STATE FUNDING.


A TEEN WILL TAKE THE STAND IN THE DEATHS OF A WICHITA COUPLE WHO WAS FOUND DEAD LAST THANKSGIVING. SEDGWICK COUNTY DISTRICT JUDGE SAYS THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO TRY 18-YEAR OLD SAM HOLTON OF MULVANE ON TWO COUNTS OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND OEN COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. ADRIAN JACKSON AND JESSIE FOUST’S BODIES WERE FOUND WHEN JACKSON’S SISTER WENT TO THE HOUSE WHEN THEY DID NOT SHOW UP FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER. THEIR TWO CHILDREN WERE IN THE HOME UNHARMED. HOLTON’S TRIAL WILL BE JUNE 7TH WHERE HE IS PLEADING NOT GUILTY. TWO YOUNGER TEENS ARE ALSO CHARGED


THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS SPECULATION AND ACCUSATIONS SWIRLING IN ONE NORTHEAST KANSAS TOWN. 18-HORSES WERE FOUND DEAD LAST MONTH ON A LOUISBURG FARM. THE UNDERSHERIFF SAYS THE HORSES DIED OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. FARM OWNERS MELISSA AND JIM MCCOY TOOK THE PLACE OVER LAST AUGUST WHEN THEIR FATHER PASSED AWAY. WHILE NEIGHBORS SAY THE HORSES WEREN’T FED ENOUGH DURING THE WINTER…MELISSA SAYS THE CARETAKER WAS GIVEN ADEQUATE FEED FOR THEM. SHE DOES NOT LIVE ON THE FARM AND DIDN’T LEARN OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL MARCH.


A PERSON CLOSE TO A CHICAGO SHOOTING INVESTIGATION SAYS THE SUSPECT SAYS HE WAS SORRY HE RAN OUT OF BULLETS. THE MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED TOLD POLICE VOICES ENCOURAGED HIM TO KILL HIS FAMILY. HE SHOT IS WIFE, SEVEN MONTH OLD SON, AND TWO NIECES. TWO MORE PEOPLE ARE BEING HOSPITALIZED.


AS GLEE MADE IT’S WAY BACK TO FOX TUESDAY NIGHT AND ATTRACTED LARGE AUDIENCES, IT’S NOT THE ONLY THING STAR JANE LYNCH IS CELEBRATING. LYNCH AND HER PARTNER LARA EMBRY AND ENGAGED. NOW THAT SHE’S FOUND LOVE IN REAL LIFE, MAYBE HER CHARACTER SUE SYLVESTER WILL TOO.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

News 4-13-10

ANTI SMOKING GROUPS IN KANSAS ARE TRYING TO GET KANSAS LEGISLATORS TO RAISE THE CIGARETTE TAX BY A DOLLAR. THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND THREE OTHER ANTI SMOKING GROUPS PUT ADS IN SEVEN CITY’S PAPERS TODAY TO PUSH KANSANS TO CONTACT THEIR LAWMAKERS ABOUT SUPPORTING THE TAX INCREASE. THE TAX HIKE WILL RAISE AROUND 75-MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE STATE ALONG WITH POSSIBLY DISCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE FROM SMOKING.


TWO NORTHEAST KANSAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE PROPOSED A MERGER. THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL DISCUSS MERGING THE SABETHA AND ACTELL DISTRICTS TOMORROW AT THEIR MONTHLY MEETING. IF THIS DOES PASS, THE RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICTS WILL VOTE MAY 25TH AND THE MERGER WILL TAKE EFFECT JULY FIRST. THE DISTRICT WILL BE BASED IN SABETHA.


A FORMER PASTOR IN LEAVENWORTH HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR LYING ABOUT ARSON AT HIS CHURCH. MARVIN CLAY HAS THREE YEARS PROBATION AFTER HE ADMITTED LYING ABOUT A FIRE AT SUNFLOWER MUSSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN 2008. CARVA LEE WHITE HAD TOLD CLAY OF HER PLANS TO BURN THE CHURCH AND THE TWO PLANNED TO MAKE MONEY BY HIRING A CONTRACTOR WHO WOULD PAY THEM KICKBACKS DURING THE RENOVATIONS.


A TOPEKA MAN HAS BEEN GIVEN ALMOST 11 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TRYING TO ROB A FEDERAL AGENT. 35-YEAR OLD PHILLIP WILLIAMS PLEADED GUILTY TO THREE DRUG CHARGES. WILLIAMS WENT WITH ANOTHER MAN TO A TOPEKA HOTEL TO SELL COCAINE AND A HANDGUN. THE PERSON HE WAS SELLING TO WAS AN UNDERCOVER AGENT WITH THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES. OFFICIALS SAY THE TWO MEN TRIED TO ROB THE AGENT AND TOOK HIS GUN.


A SECOND HERING IS SCHEDULED IN THE CASE OF THE CHRISTMAS DAY UNDERWEAR BOMBER. THE COURT SPOKESMAN SAYS IT SHOULDN’T LAST LONG AND UMAR FAROUK ABDULMATALLAB ISN’T EXPECTED TO BE THERE. HE IS IN FEDERAL PRISON IN MILAN MICHIGAN.


TRANSCRIPTS OF SIX AND A HALF HOURS OF AUDIO INTERVIEW OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL BE OUT NEXT YEAR. THESE INTERVIEWS WERE DONE IN 1964 JUST MONTHS AFTER HER HUSTBAND WAS ASSASSINATED AND DONE BY HISTORIAN AND FAMILY FRIEND ARTHUR M SCHLESINGER JUNIOR. THE KENNEDY’S DAUGHTER CAROLINE WILL BE THE EDITOR AND WRITE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK. SHE DECIDED TO RELEASE THE INTERVIEWS SAYING “IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR HER TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF HER PARENTS BY MAKING THE UNIQUE HISTORY AVAILABLE.”


CONAN O'BRIEN WILL BE BACK IN LATE NIGHT IN NOVEMBER. THE UN-NAMED SHOW WILL BE ON TBS TAKING GEORGE LOPEZ’S SPOT AT 10'O-CLOCK CENTRAL TIME AND PUSH HIM BACK TO 11. O'BRIEN HAS BEEN OFF THE AIR AFTER JAY LENO GOT HIS TONIGHT SHOW SPOT BACK ON NBC. HE WILL NOW BE COMPETING HEAD TO HEAD WITH LENO.

Monday, April 12, 2010

News 4-12-10

THE THRID ANNUAL HIRING HEROES CAREER FAIR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED AT FORT RILEY. IT WILL BE APRIL 20TH. THIS FAIR WILL BE FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS…SPOUSES…CAREGIVRS…AND VETERANS. FORT RILEY OFFICIALS SAY THEIR GOALS IS TO EASE THE TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE FOR THOSE LEAVING THE ARMY BECAUSE OF COMBAT INJURIES. ABOUT 60 VENDORS ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE.


KANSAS CONGRESS WOMEN LYNN JENKINS HAS A NEW PROPOSAL TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO HIRE MILITARY AND NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS. THE “HIRE A HERO ACT” WOULD GIVE TAX INCENTIVES TO SMALL BUSINESSES TO HIRE THEM. JENKINS WILL OUTLINE HER PROPOSAL TODAY AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE MUSEUM OF THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD AT FORBES FIELD.


TWO WICHITA WOMEN ARE TAKING A STANCE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE. BEVERLY VAN ES AND HER FRIEND LILY HILL BOUGHT ONE-HUNDRED YARD SIGNS THAT SAY “BE AWARE. CHILD ABUSE CAN BE ANYWHERE. CALL 911.” THE WOMEN HAVE DONE THIS IN RESPONSE OF FOUR WICHITA AREA TODDLERS AND INFANT WHO HAVE DIED OF CHILD ABUSE IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS.


WHEN THE WEATHER GETS WARM EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE CLASS OUTSIDE. SOME KANSAS AND MISSOURI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL GET THEIR WISH. THE STUDENTS AND A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WILL BE TESTING WATER QULAITY IN PONDS AND STREAMS ALONG WITH TEACHING THEM ABOUT AQUATIC LIFE AND WATER CHEMISTRY. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE IN HOLT MISSOURI NEXT MONDAY AND THEN IN OVERLAND PARK NEXT FRIDAY.


SEARCHERS ARE BACK IN THE WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINE TO RECOVER THE LAST NINE BODIES THAT REMAIN AFTER THE EXPLOSION. LAST WEEK 29 MEN WERE KILLED IN WHAT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS IS THE “WORST US MINING DISASTER SINCE 1970.” THE SEARCHERS WERE FORCED OUT OF THE MINE YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF HIGH METHANE LEVELS. CREWS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TODAY TO START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION.


THREE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN KENYA FOR HAVING POSSESSION OF IVORY AND SKINS OF PROTECTED ANIMALS. THE MEN WERE TRYING TO SELL IVORY, SKINS OF THREE PYTHONS, A LEOPARD, AND THREE CIVET CATS, ALL OF WHICH ARE PROTECTED UNDER KENYAN LAW. THERE HAS RECENTLY BEEN A PUSH IN PARICAN COUNTRIES TO STEP UP THEIR ENFORECEMENT AGAINST ANIMAL POACHING.


THE VATICAN HAS FINALLY GOTTEN OVER JOHN LENNON’S STATEMENT ABOUT THE BEATLES BEING MORE POPULAR THAN JESUS. THEIR NEWSPAPER GAVE THE BAND A TRIBUTE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH ARTICLES AND A CARTOON ON THE FRONT PAGE. TODAY IS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEATLES BREAK UP.

Friday, April 9, 2010

4-9-10

NEWS- APRIL 9, 2010

GOOD AFTERNOON THIS IS _______________ WITH WILDCAT 91.9 NEWS

TAKING A REAL QUICK LOOK AT WEATHER IT IS CURRENTLY ________. LATER ON TODAY EXPECT____________________________.

NOW HERE’S THE NEWS

THE K-STATE BLOOD DRIVE IS ENDING TODAY. THE HOURS ARE 8-30 A-M TO 2 P-M IN THE SECOND FLOOR BALLROOMS. TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT YOU CAN VISIT RED-CROSS-BLOOD-DOT-ORG OR CALL 1-800-RED CROSS.

A BAR FIGHT TURNED FATAL FOR ONE TOPEKA WOMEN, BUT JUSTICE HAS
BEEN SERVED. TONYA MICHELLE SULLIVAN WAS CONVIVCTED THURSDAY OF INVOLUINTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND BATTERY. SULLIVAN GOT IN TO A FIGHT WITH 41 YEAR OLD WENDY GOLES AND 23 YEAR OLD BONITA DAWN-NICOLE THOMAS. GOLES DIED FROM HER INJURIES THREE WEEKS AFTERWARD. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE WHIPLASH BAR AND GRILL. SULLIVAN WILL BE SENTENCED APRIL 30.


POTTER LAKE WILL SOON BE GETTING AN UPGRADE. POTTER LAKE HAS BEEN USED A SOURCE OF WATER FOR FIGHTING CAMPUS FIRES AND USED AS A SWIMMING POOL. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CHANCELLOR BERNADETTE GRAY-LITTLE APPROVED A STUDENT PROPOSAL TO 125,000 IN STUDENT FEES TO REMOVE SEDIEMNT AND PLANTS. ANOTHER 200,000 DOLLAR PROJECT WILL IMPROVE THE STORM WATER RUNOFF REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND SEDIMENT FLOWING IN TO THE LAKE.

IN NATIONAL NEWS…
A BABY WHALE WAS EUTHANIZED AFTER A THREE DAY STRUGGLE. THE WHALE GOT CAUGHT IN SURF EAST HAMPTON, NEW YORK BUT WAS UNABLE TO FREE ITSELF. PRESIDENT OF THE RIVERHAED FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH CHARLES BOWMAN SAYS THE WHALE WAS WEAKENED PRIOR TO GETTING STUCK AND NECROPSY WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHAT MADE THE WHALE ILL.

FORMER OUSTED ILLINOIS GOVERNOR, ROD BLAGOJEVICH (BLAH-Goy-uh-vich) APOLOGIZED FOR HIS POOR CHOICE OF WORDS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ESQUIRE. IN THE INTERVIEW BLAGOJEVICH SAYS HE IS BLACKER THAN OBAMA. BLAGOJEVICH CALLED THE COMMENTS STUPID. BLAGOJEVICH WENT ON IN THE INTERVIEW AND SAYS HE SHINED SHOES AS A CHILD AND HIS DAD RAN A SMALL LAUNDROMAT IN A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN LIGHTER NEWS….
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH ONE CANADIAN SINGER’S NAME. POP SENSATION JUSTIN BIEBER (BEE-BER. OBAMA PRONOUNCES THE SINGERS NAME AS BYE-BER. BIEBER HAS PERFORMED AT THE WHITE HOUSE TWICE ALREADY IS FINE WITH THE MISPRONUNCIATION CITING OBAMA’S AGE IN A PEOPLE MAGAZINE INTERVIEW.




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Thursday, April 8, 2010

News 4-7-10

THE K-STATE BLOOD DRIVE IS GOING ON THIS WEEK IN THE STUDENT UNION. THE HOURS FOR THE UNION ARE 10:30 AM TO 4:30 TODAY AND 8:30 AM TO 2 PM FRIDAY IN THE SECOND FLOOR BALLROOMS. YOU CAN ALSO GIVE TODAY FROM 3 TO 8 IN THE PUTNAM HALL LOBBY. TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT YOU CAN VISIT REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG OR CALL 1-800-RED CROSS.

TONIGHT AT THE STUDENT SENATE MEETING STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT DALTON HENRY AND VICE PRESIDENT WAYNE STOSKOPF WILL BE PASSING THE TORCH AS THE NEW DUO GETS SWORN IN. TONIGHT DANNY UNRUH AND ANNIE OLIVER WILL TAKE THEIR POSITIONS AS THE HEADS OF THE STUDENT BODY. UNRUH WILL JOIN NEWS DIRECTOR LAURA DUVAL AND LUKE WEMPE MONDAY EVENING AT FIVE RIGHT HERE ON THE WILDCAT 91.9. TUNE IN TO HEAR FROM HIM ABOUT HIS AND OLIVER’S NEW POSITIONS AND EXPERIENCES.


A LEAVENWORTH MAN PLEADS NO CONTEST IN THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF HIS GIRLFRIEND AND UNBORN CHILD. THE LEAVENWORTH TIMES REPORTS 25-YEAR OLD SEDALE FOX FACES CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES OLIVIA JACKSON AND HER UNBORN CHILD’S DEATHS. KANSAS DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THER IS EVIDENCE THAT FOX AND JACKSON WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP AND JACKSON WANTED MORE OUT OF IT THAN FOX. SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 6TH.


THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ONE OF THE DEADLIEST FOR FIRES IN KANSAS. STATE FIRE MARSHAL DAN MCCLAUGHLIN SAYS AS OF MARCH 31ST 15 CIVILIANS AND TWO FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DIED IN KANSAS FIRES. THE YEARLY AVERAGE IS USUALLY ABOUT 33 CIVILIANS AND TWO FIREFIGHTERS. MCCLAUGHLIN SAYS CHILDREN UNDER 12 AND ADULTS OVER 65 ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK.


A QATAR DIPLOMAT GAVE A PLANE FLYING FROM DENVER TO WASHINGTON QUITE THE SCARE. OFFICIALS SAY DIPLOMAT MOHAMMED AL-MADADI WAS TRYING TO SMOKE A CIGARRETTE IN THE PLANE’S BATHROOM WHEN THINGS GOT A LITTLE SMOKING. AL-MADADI THEN SAID HE WAS TRYING TO LIGHT HIS SHOES. HE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM QUESTIONING.


THE MASTERS HAS BEGUN TODAY AS JACK NICKLAUS AND ARNOLD PALMER HIT THE CEREMONIAL FIRST SHOTS. THIS WILL ALSO BE THE FIRST TIME TIGER WOODS HAS PLAYED SINCE HIS SCANDAL BROKE. OFFICIALS AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL INSIST THAT NO ONE PLAYER WILL OVERSHADOW THEIR TOURNAMENT. WOODS WILL TEE OFF IN THE NEXT TO LAST GROUP AT 12:42 CENTRAL TIME ALONG WITH KJ CHOI AND MATT KUCHAR.


JON AND KATE GOSSELIN ARE AT IT AGAIN. JON HAS FILED PAPERS TO GET PRIMARY CUSTODY OF THEIR EIGHT KIDS. RIGHT NOW KATE HAS IT AND JON IS PAYING $21 THOUSAND A MONTH IN CHILD SUPPORT. JON SAYS KATE IS AN ABSENTEE PARENT WHILE COMPETING ON DANCING WITH THE STARS IN LOS ANGELES. KATE SAYS SHE’S “A SINGLE WORKING MOM WHO WILL DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR HER KIDS.”

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

News 4-7-10

THE K-STATE BLOOD DRIVE IS GOING ON THIS WEEK IN THE STUDENT UNION. THE HOURS FOR THE UNION ARE 10:30 AM TO 4:30 TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND 8:30 AM TO 2 PM FRIDAY IN THE SECOND FLOOR BALLROOMS. YOU CAN ALSO GIVE TODAY, AND TOMORROW FROM 3 TO 8 IN THE PUTNAM HALL LOBBY. TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT YOU CAN VISIT REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG OR CALL 1-800-RED CROSS.


ATTENTION ALL SENIORS. THE TWO THOUSAND TEN GRADUATION FAIR IS HAPPENING TODAY AT THE K-STATE STUDENT UNIOIN. THE FAIR WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN THE BOOKSTORE FROM 11 A.M. TO 6 P.M. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ORDER YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, PICK OUT YOUR CLASS RING, PURCHASE YOUR CAP AND GOWN AND MORE.


KANSAS FARMERS ARE PLEASED WITH THE RECENT TREND OF WARMER WEATHER. THE WARM TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED STATE FARMERS TO START PLANTING CORN WHILE THE REST OF THE WINTER WHEAT MATURES. THE KANSAS ARGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE SAYS THAT ONE PERCENT OF THE CORN HAS ALREADY BEEN PLANTED. THE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS USUALLY THREE PERCENT.


ACCORDING TO A CNN REPORT WEST VIRGINIA’S GOVERNOR SAYS THAT TODAY WILL BE A BIG ONE AS A BORE HOLE WAS DRILLED INTO THE AREA OF THE COAL MINE WHERE FOUR OF THE TRAPPED MINERS MAY BE LOCATED AFTER THE DEADLY MINE EXPLOSION THAT OCCURRED ON MONDAY. PIPES WERE LOWERED INTO THE DRILLED HOLES TO TRY AND CONTACT THE TRAPPED MINERS AS WELL AS TO VENTILATE THE MINE AFTER HIGH LEVELS OF METHANE AND CARBON MONOXIDE WERE RELEASED. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH FURTHER NEWS ON THIS STORY.


A SEVEN POINT EIGHT EARTHQUAKE STRUCK INDONESIA EARLY THIS MORNING. A TSUNAMI WATCH WAS IN EFFECT AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK. THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS THAT THE TEMBLOR HIT ONE HUNDRED AND FOURT FIVE MILES OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS REPORTING THAT A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI IS NOT LIKELY, BUT THAT A LOCAL TSUNAMI COULD AFFECT THE COATAL AREAS NEAR THE EPICENTER.


IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER CELEBRITY COUPLE HAS MADE THE TRIP TO SPLITS-VILLE. JIM CARREY AND JENNY MCCARTHY ARE CALLING IT QUITS AFTER FIVE YEARS. IN A STATEMENT MCCARTHEY SAID SHE "WILL ALWAYS KEEP JIM AS A LEADING MAN IN MY HEART." CARREY IS ALSO STILL SUPPORTIVE OF HIS EX POSTING ON TWITTER "I WISH HER THE VERY BEST."

Monday, April 5, 2010

4-5-10

RILEY, GEARY, AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL NOON TODAY. A THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.


THE K-STATE BLOOD DRIVE KICKS OFF TODAY IN THE STUDENT UNION. IT RUNSTHROUGH FRIDAY. THE HOURS FOR THE UNION ARE 10:30 AM TO 4:30 TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND 8:30 AM TO 2 PM FRIDAY IN THE SECOND FLOOR BALLROOMS. YOU CAN ALSO GIVE TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY FROM 3 TO 8 IN THE PUTNAM HALL LOBBY. TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT YOU CAN VISIT REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG OR CALL 1-800-RED CROSS.


RILEY COUNTY POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE. THE THREE MEN…NICHOLAS SEATON…DALE KRUGER…AND JASON KELLNER WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY AT THEIR RESIDENCE OF 803 BLUEMONT. SEATON HAS A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND WHILE THE OTHER TWO MEN HAVE TWO-THOUSAND DOLLAR BONDS. RCPD SAYS THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND MORE ARRESTS ARE PENDING.


A NEBRASKA JUDGE HAS REFUSED TO THROW OUT A FLAG DESECRATION CHARGE AGAINST SHIRLEY PHELPS-ROPER. SHE WAS ACCUSED OF LETTER HER SON STAND ON AN AMERICAN FLAG DURING A FUNERAL PROTEST OF A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN IN BELLEVUE BACK IN 2007. PHELPS-ROPER IS ALSO SAID TO HAVE WORN A FLAG AS A SKIRT AND IT DRAGGED ON THE GROUND. NEBRASKA’S LAW SAYS YOU CAN’T INTENTIONALLY “CAST CONTEMPT OR RIDICULE” TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. THE TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 23RD.


AN OHIO HIGH SCHOOL IS MOURING THE DEATH OF A STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO HAD BEEN RECRUTED TO PLAY FOR NOTRE DAME. A SCHOOL SPOKESMAN SAYS STUDENTS GATHERED TO ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD TO REMEMBER MATT JAMES AFTER REPORTS OF HIM FALLING OFF A BALCONY WHILE ON SPRING BREAK IN PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. PANAMA CITY POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED HIS IDENTITY UNTIL THEY NOTIFY HIS FAMILY.


PEOPLE WERE LINED UP OUTSIDE APPLE STORES SATURDAY TO BUY THE NEW I-PAD. APPLE DOES HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. THEY NEED TO CONVINCE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRODUCTS LIKE SMART PHONES AND LAP TOPS TO PURCHASE A DEVICE THAT DOES MANY OF THE SAME FUNCTIONS.


MORE TROUBLE FOR ERIN ANDREWS. AFTER PUTTING HER PEEP HOLE FILMER IN JAIL LAST MONTH SHE NOW HAS ANOTHER PROBLEM ON HER HANDS. SHE’S NOW BEEN GETTING THREATENING EMAILS. THE FBI HAS BEGUN WORKING ON THE CASE AND ANDREWS’ ATTORNEY SAYS THEY THINK THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE INDIVIDUAL. BESIDES BEING AN ESPN REPORTER, ANDREWS HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPETING ON ABC’S DANCING WITH THE STARS.

Friday, April 2, 2010

4-2-10

LOCAL NEWS….
A FEDERAL OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGED THE ONGOING PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE FACULTY AND STUDENTS AT HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNVERISTY. ASSISTANT INTERIOR SECRETARY LARRY ECHOHAWK VISTED THE CAMPUS ON THURSDAY AND SAYS THE FIRST STEP TO RESOLVING THE ISSUES WILL BE THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION. A NEW DIRECTOR WILL BE NAMED NEXT WEEK. THE DIRECTOR WILL THEN SELECT THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT.



TOPEKA IS NOT DONE YET. FOUR CORE MEMBERS OF THINK BIG TOPEKA , JARED STARKEY, ALISSA AND BRANDON SHELEY AND BRANDON JENSEN SAY THEIR PHONES HAVE BEEN RINGING OFF THE HOOK SINCE THE APRIL FOOLS GAG. THE SEARCH
ENGINE GOOGLE REPLACED ITS NAME WITH
THE CAPTIAL CITY. TOPEKA CHANGED ITS NAME TO GOOGLE EARLIER IN THE MONTH. THE HOPE IS TO GET A SERIES OF FIBER OPTIC CABLES PLACED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WHILE THE FOUR MEMBERS HAVE RELISED THE MOMENT, THEY ARE FIGURING OUT A WAY TO TOP IT.




IN REGIONAL NEWS…
A 5 YEAR OLD GIRL FELL FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW AND HER WORST INJURY APPEARS TO BE A BITTEN TONGUE. THE GIRLS AUNT, ANGELA HAMER WAS WATCHING TELEVISION DURING THE INCIDENT AND TURNED AWAY TO TAKE A PHONE CALL DURING THE FALL. A WINDOW SCREEN GAVE WAY AND THE GIRL TUMBLED ON TO THE GRASS BELOW. SHE WAS TAKEN TO OMAHA HOSPITAL.






IN NATIONAL NEWS….
WHY DID THE SALAMANDER CROSS THE ROAD? WHY TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF COURSE. IN MONKTON, VERMONT, SALAMANDERS, SMALL MAMMALS, OTHER AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES WILL HAVE SOME HELP THE NEXT TIME THEY NEED TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY. THE MONKTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION WON A ONE-HUNDERED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR STATE GRANT. THE GRANT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO INSTALL ONE OR TWO CULVERTS UNDER THE ROAD. FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS, A MONKTON GROUP HAS MONITORED THE CROSSING AND EVEN ASSISTED THE CROSSING IN SOME CASES.

IN LIGHTER NEWS…
DOG HOUSES ARE SO LAST YEAR IN LOS ANGELES. TAMMY KASSIS’ THREE LITTLE DOGS HAVE AN 11-FOOT DOG MANSION TO PLAY IN NOW. THE MANSION MATCHES THE OWNERS HOME AND COMES EQUIPPED WITH A TELEVISION AND AIR CONDITIONING. THE RESIDENCE COST TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. KASSIS DOES NOT REGRET THE DECISION AND EVEN HANGS OUT WITH HER DOGS IN THE DOG MANSION TOO.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

4-1-10

A UNIT FROM FORT RILEY IS SCHEDULED TO HEAD OVERSEAS THIS AFTERNOON. AROUND 160 SOLDIERS OF TE 116TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY WILL BE ON THEIR WAY TO AFGHANISTAN. THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING MILITARY POLICE OPERATIONS AND TRAINING SECURITY FORCES FOR A YEAR. THE POST IS HOME TO AROUND 16-THOUSAND SOLDIERS AND MORE THAN EIGHT-THOUSAND ARE DEPOLOYED TO EITHER IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.


THE MAN WHO IS CONVICTED OF KILLING A WICHITA ABORTION PROVIDER WILL BE RETURNING TO COURT. SCOTT ROEDER IS FACING A LIFE SENTENCE BUT NOW THE JUDGE NEEDS TO DECIDE WHEN HE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. HE WILL MAKE HIS DECISION OF EITHER 25 OR 50 YEARS TODAY. DR. GEORGE TILLER WAS SHOT AT HIS WICHITA CHURCH LAST MAY.


A HOMELESS MAN IN LAWRENCE HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE DEATH OF A RESIDENT. POLICE SAY 46-YEAR OLD DOUGLAS FLEMING WAS FOUND IN HIS HOME TUESDAY AFTER SUFFERING A HEAD INJURY. POLICE SAY FLEMING AND THE SUSPECT GOT IN A FIGHT SUNDAY WHEN FLEMING WAS INJURED AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. FLEMING HAD IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT BEFORE HE DIED AND HE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND CHARGED WITH RECKLESS INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.


AFTER A LULL IN THE SWINE FLU… A 29TH KANSAN DIED FROM VIRUS. THE KANSAS DEPRATMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS THE LATEST DEATH IS A 71-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH PROBLEMS. SWINE FLU VACCINATIONS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT CLINICS AROUND THE STATE.


PRAIRE VILLAGE KANSAS POLICE SHOT A WOMAN TO DEATH AFTER RESPONDING TO A REPORT OF HER MAKING SUICIDAL THREATS. POLICE ARRIVED TO CHECK ON THE WOMAN, WHO HASN’T BEEN IDENIFIED’S, WELL BEING BUT SHE HAD BARRACADED HER DOOR AND WOULDN’T LET ANYONE IN. A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAYS SHE WAS SHOT AFTER THREATENING OFFICERS WITH A WEAPON WHEN THEY TRIED TO TAKE HER INTO CUSTODY.


TWO INDIANA POLICE OFFICERS ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE SUSPENSION AFTER USING A STUN GUN ON A CHILD AT A HOME DAY CARE. THE OFFICERS RESPONDED AFTER A CALL THAT A 10-YEAR OLD BOY WAS BEING “COMBATIVE AND TRYING TO HURT THE OTHER CHILDREN AND CARETAKERS.” THE OFFICERS SAY THE BOY WAS SO OUT OF CONTROL WHEN THEY GOT THERE THEY USED THE STUN GUN AND SLAPPED THE BOY TO SUBDUE HIM. THE ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEY WILL INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT.


GOOGLE HAS PULLED THEIR APRIL FOOL’S JOKE ON THE WORLD AND THIS ONE HITS A LITTLE CLOSE TO HOME. IF YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE YOU WILL SEE “TOPEKA” INSTEAD OF GOOGLE. IT’S ALL BECAUSE TOPEKA CHANGED THEIR NAME TO GOOGLE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WHILE CAMPAIGNING TO BECOME THE TEST SITE FOR THEIR NEW FIBER-OPTIC NETWORK. GOOGLE’S BLOG TELLS ITS USERS THE NAME CHANGE IS PERMANENT AND GIVES TIPS HOW TO TOPEKA SOMEONE DURING A SEARCH. HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S!